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The Neuroimaging Center NeuroImage Nord at the University of Hamburg Medical Center invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral position (salary level BAT II a) in the area of cognitive language processing (specifically, semantic processing in German-French bilinguals). The targeted starting date for the position is July 1, 2005 (pending approval by the DFG). The initial appointment will be for 1.5 years, with a possible extension of another 1.5 years.

This position is funded as part of a new grant-funded project, run by Dr. Annette Baumgaertner and Prof. Christian Büchel at the Institute of Systems Neuroscience at the University of Hamburg Medical Center, within the research group on multilingualism at the University of Hamburg (http://www.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/SFB538/index-en.html). Qualified applicants will design, prepare, and conduct fMRI experiments, and be responsible for subsequent data analysis using SPM. The applicant will join an active multidisciplinary research group with strengths in various cognitive and clinical domains, with advanced training opportunities in functional imaging. Applicants should have fluent written and oral communication skills in German and preferably basic skills in French, and have a degree in Psychology, Neuropsychology, Neurolinguistics, Medicine, Cognitive Science, or another related degree. Knowledge of experimental methodology is required; familiarity with neuroimaging methods (fMRI) would be of advantage.

For more information and informal queries, please contact Dr. Annette Baumgaertner at ++49-40-42803-8652, or via email at baumgaeruke.uni-hamburg.de.